I love the Karpov quote. 
Is it possible to get MUCH better at blitz?
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Jun 25, 2013
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My rating blows and I quit playing tournaments after the 6th grade so take this with a grain of salt...but this is my personal experience with chess.
I never studied chess but I would routinely be the only person from my elementary school chess club (this was a random public school and I still have no idea why we had a good team) to bring home any hardware from nationals because I would place in blitz. I guess I probably would've been "much better" if I bothered to learn openings; E4 FTW.
I would normally go 4/5 at pretty much every tournament but I seemed to have a significant edge at blitz despite my lack of knowledge of the game.
I doubt I answered any of your questions but I can say with confidence that the energy I put into learning chess probably shouldn't have produced the results I had...though that was sort of the case for non-blitz games...
Thinking back on it I feel like I was exceptional at understanding my opponent's psychological state and playing off of their weaknesses...
What do you want?
Do you want to get a higher USCF rating?
Do you want a higher chess.com rating? If both, which is most important?
Tony!!!Play game 10 on chess.com.It will help you think faster.Mike
Jun 28, 2013
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Blitz games are really fun ; slower chess is intense - perhaps playing by your mood would maximize your chances? 
ancor3's quotes about all that are kinda funny too 
Since 2008 my USCF rating has improved from the 1400's to over 2000 (high of 2078, 2026 now) but I still suck at blitz & even G-30's & G-60's heavily stress me out. Over at ChessTempo I have a tactics rating of 2200 but can barely keep my blitz tactics rating over 1700.
I think I just don't have that mental "fast-twitch" chess gene (to make a runner's analogy). I was in Union Square in NYC tonight playing a for a few bucks a game with a guy that I'm sure I'd beat in a long tournament game probably 8 of 10 games or more but was playing so sloppy in 5 min.
Maybe I should just quit trying & be happy to be a decent tournament player, I notice even a few NM's here on chess.com have blitz ratings of only 1700 or so so maybe I should just focus on playing solid slow chess but blitz chess is so cool.
Thoughts?